Rear view mirror



Nov. 15, 1938. H. L. BERNARD 2,136,836

REAR VIEWIMIRROR Filed Aug. 28, 1957 gwum'cov HLBwwa/J Patented Nov. 15, 1938 a STATES Pmm OFFICE 2,136,836 REAR. VIEW mrmoa Harley L. Bernard, Quincy, Mo. Application August 28, 1937, Serial No. 161,517 'IClaim. 61. 24s-29s) .This invention relates to motor vehicles and I more particularly to a device adapted to be at tached to a motor vehicle to enable the driver of the vehicle to see rearwardly oi. one side 01' the vehicle. 1 1 7 object of this inventionis to provide a rear view mirror which may be mounted on a vehicle, the .device being particularly adaptedior use in connection with motor trucks or the like: so that the operator of the vehicle may see rearwardly of the vehicle particularly whenbacking or parking the vehicle. i f i v 9 It is, of course, well-known. that motor trucks wider than the cab or driver compartment and.

that in order to provide a means whereby the driver can look rearwardly it is necessarvto provide a relatively long supporting arm fora rear view mirror.

. At thepresent time, such relatively long supporting armsare provided for rear view mirrors but: these arms are fixed to a side offthe cab and are subjected todamage in view of their projecting nature It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a rear view mirror which is shiftable from an inner collapsible or inoper ative position toan extended or operative position, the extension of the mirror being to a degree determined bythe driver in order to enable the driver to see rearwardly as when backing or the like. 1 1 1 Another object of this invention is to provide a device of this kind which is relatively simple in construction and which may therefore be relatively cheaply manufactured andsold and which maybe mounted on any conventional motor" vehicle so *as tolplfoject laterally thereof to the 1 desired degree.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, 1 the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointedout 1 in the claimappended thereto.

In the drawinggwherein like symbols refer to.

like orcorre'sponding parts throughout-the several views. 1

Figure 1 is a detailed rear elevation of a device constructed accordingto an embodiment of this invention, showing thedevice mounted in a motor vehicle, the vehicle being fragmentarily shown and partly in vertical section. 3 1

Figure2is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, thenumeral Ill des- 1 ignates generally the side wall or a. motor vehicle vided with and the flange scope of the following claim.

adjacentthe forward end of the drivers com-w partment. A tubular housing II which is pro an outer flange I2 is disposed within the cab or drivers compartment of the vehicle I2 isadapted to engage against 5 the inner side of the wall ill of the vehicle. The housing II is provided with an elongated slot l3 1 and a plurality of notches it are provided in one .side of the slot l3. A supporting rod I5 is slidable in the housing H and the inner end of the rod I5 is provided with an operating lever l6 which is threadably. secured to the rod l5 and provided with knob H. or the like have bodies which are considerably 1 The lever l6 projects through the slot l3 and is adapted to seatin a selected notch I4 so as 1 tohold the rod l5 in a predetermined selected position relative to the housing II. A bushing I8 is disposed about the rod I5 on the outer side of the vehicle wall l0 and is provided with a flange l9 engaging against the wall I0. Bolts or suitable fastening devices 20 engage throughthe flange l9 and the flange l2 and thus support the housing llin a substantially horizontal position. A. mirror 2i mounted in an angular frame 22 .which has a bushing or bass secured to the 25 1 outer end of the supporting rod l5.

In the use of this device,the mirror 2| may be normally disposed in an inner or collapsed position with the lever l6 engaging in the innermost notch 14. When it is desired to extend the mir- 0 ror 2| to an operative or extended position, the lever I6 is raised and then moved outwardly along 1 the slot l3 so as to move the supporting rod I5 outwardly to a position where the mirror 2! will be disposed beyond the adjacent side wall of the 351 truck or vehicle body.

It will be apparent fromthe foregoing that while in an operative position the mirror ,2] will project beyond thezside of the vehicle body, the mirror 2| may be quickly and easily returned to an inoperative or collapsed position closely adjacent the side wall ll] of the vehicle. This device embodies the use of relatively few parts which will not get out of order easily and which are so constructed that they may be mounted on any conventional vehicle body in anysuitable position convenient to the driver of the vehicle.

7 It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details or construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the I meeeae liming], tubullrhoulingtormed withenelonpueingthrunidhuhingsnd into the housing e plurality of tor rotetive end lonaitudinel movement therein,

| notches, aid housing being formed et one end Ind on operating lever receivable in said slot and 5 l mbullrflm'zed bushing muted adapted to rest in a selected notch thereof, laid to rezilter with the bore of aid housing, bolt! opemting lever being thretdebly engaged et one meinlthrutheflmeeoithebuehinzmdthe endvriththeinnerendotaiqrod. 

